Samsung releases the Galaxy S7 lineup

Samsung has released their 2016 flagship phones, S7 and S7 edge.

The new Samsung Galaxy S7 retains the best of the S6 but improves in a few key areas. The display is still 5.1″ and the resolution stays at QHD but it’s now always-on. The back of the device is now curved like in the Note 5 and the camera bump is almost gone. The physical size is a bit larger in all directions.

The S7 edge now has a 5.5″ QHD curved always-on display but other specs match with the standard S7. There are two liquid cooled SoC options for different markets, Snapdragon 820 and Exynos 8890. Also onboard is 4GB of DDR4 RAM. The battery on the S7 edge is obviously larger at 3600mAh vs 3000mAh on the S7. The devices also support Vulkan to allow better, more realistic games.

Both models are now water resistant with IP68 certification. Samsung has also listened the customers and the microSD slot is back. Of course onboard are the usual Samsung features like fingerprint scanner and the heart rate sensor.

The new 12MP F1.7 camera takes even better low light images while retaining the great quality in daylight. The sensor also uses dual pixel technology in every single pixel to reduce focusing time. The S7 doesn’t use the BriteCell sensor Samsung announced a while ago but Sony Exmor RS IMX260 sensor instead.

The color options are black, white, silver and gold and a Gear VR comes for free with pre-orders. The devices will be available in mid March.